NEWSWATCH: “Uzbekistan’s new president tiptoes toward liberalization” – Washington Post

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“Uzbekistan has a reputation – dismally earned by its long-time leader, Islam Karimov, who died last year – for torturing and incarcerating opposition critics, journalists and others. Mr. Karimov’s iron-fisted 27-year rule largely wiped out independent media and civil society. So it is encouraging to hear that President Shavkat Mirziyoyev may be changing direction. In Central Asia’s most populous nation, human rights have been in the basement; the only way to go is up. …”

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